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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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